Before the Marion Capital Improvements Planning Committee can confidently sink its collective teeth into capital requests being made by the Old Rochester Regional School District, it has requested greater detail to facilitate its own process. In interviewing various municipal department heads, the CIPC takes in annual capital requests, each at least $10,000 in […] Read more »
Please join us for a fun family tradition that helps those in need. Helping Hands and Hooves will host the 19th annual Christmas Day Swim at 11:00 am at Mattapoisett Town Beach. Each swimmer is asked to give a donation of $15 (payable on the day of the swim.) The first 75 swimmers will […] Read more »
Come to the Mattapoisett Free Public Library from December 15 to January 14 to see an exhibit of watercolor and acrylic paintings by South Dartmouth artist Peggy Call-Conley. Call-Conley earned her BFA in Art Education from Southeastern MA University. She found her artistic inspiration early, and a childhood move from Boston to rural Middleboro afforded […] Read more »
When Marion was still a small town in 1860, many people living there were very well traveled and brought back exotic species of the natural world. Elizabeth Taber, at the age of 81 years, decided to put some culture into her native village. She bought a 10-acre tract of land to house a library on […] Read more »
The momentum felt earlier this year by the Town of Marion in its quest for a new harbormaster’s headquarters facility has been obscured by a dark cloud of doubt. In introducing initial budget projections for FY24, Harbormaster Isaac Perry told the Marine Resources Commission during its November 21 public meeting that he had […] Read more »
This year, the annual White Gifts Pageant will be part of the Sunday morning service on December 11 at 10 am. Since the 1930s, Mattapoisett Congregational Church has celebrated the season of Advent with a White Gifts Pageant. After the retelling of the story of Jesus’ birth, donated gifts are brought to the manger. The […] Read more »
Project 351 ambassadors are hosting a food drive. We want your help in the fight against hunger. Do your part by giving donations of food. Donations of any quantity are greatly appreciated. The drive has already started and will go until December 12. We are asking for pop canned goods (cans that don’t require a […] Read more »
Jonathan H. Mort, a lifelong resident of Mattapoisett and graduate of Old Rochester, died peacefully, on December 7. 2022, at the age of 62. Jonathan was born on July 2, 1960 and his birthday being so close to July 4th embedded in him a strong sense of patriotism. It was only fitting that his last […] Read more »
It took substantial discussion, but the Marion Planning Board voted on Monday night to continue the public hearing on a two-lot definitive subdivision plan filed by Danielle Realty Trust, Wareham Street, with the confidence that a conditioned approval will be forthcoming on December 19. According to project representative Bob Rogers of G.A.F. Engineering, […] Read more »
The November 17 meeting of the Rochester School Committee was a straightforward and streamlined one, mostly spent covering recent MCAS test results and how the Old Rochester Regional School District measures up to the state. As with other recent committee meetings, it was announced at the beginning that there would be no open public comment […] Read more »